Should heterogeneity be the basis for conservation? Grassland bird response to fire and grazing

Ecological Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1706-1716

  Fuhlendorf, Samuel D ^a   Harrell, Wade C ^a,b   Engle, David M ^a   Hamilton, Robert G ^b   Davis, Craig A ^a   Leslie Jr , David M ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation biology; Disturbance; Diversity; Grassland birds; Henslow's Sparrow; Heterogeneity; Oklahoma; Rangelands; Tallgrass Prairie Preserve; Upland Sandpiper

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HETEROCHRONY (ONTOGENY); HETEROGENEITY; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CATTLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIRE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CATTLE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FIRES; POACEAE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BARTRAMIA LONGICAUDA; UNGULATA;

EID: 33749547960     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: 10510761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2006)016[1706:SHBTBF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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